How to use CopyTrans Manager with an iPhone or iTouch (firmware 2)?

If you are fed up with iTunes and want to manage your iPhone or iPod Touch running FW 2 with the fastest and lightest iPod manager CopyTrans Manager, read this!

Apple added a new hash in the iTunesDB. That means you cannot use any iTunes alternative or iPod Manager with your 2.x iPhone/iTouch.

Don't worry, here's a solution!

First, the device needs to be jailbroken. For further information and a howto guide, please visit:

http://www.ipodtouchhacks.com/ipod-touch/detailed-instructions-on-how-to-use-quickpwn/

Requirements:

• Jailbroken iPhone/iPod Touch with firmware > 2.0
• CopyTrans Manager, available here: http://www.copytrans.net/manager.php
• HxD Hexa editor, available here: http://mh-nexus.de/en/
• NotePad++, available here: http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm
• iPhone Browser, available here: http://iphonebrowser.googlecode.com/files/SetupiPhoneBrowser.1.81.zip

Install iPhone Browser, NotePad++ and HxD Hexa editor.

Step 1 - “The Checkpoint faker”:

Execute iPhoneBrowser and browse to: [root]/System/Library/Lockdown/

Right-click on the Checkpoint.xml file, choose “Backup file” and then “Save As…”

Open the file you saved with NotePad++.

Search (CTRL-F) “DBVersion” and change the integer value to 2.

Save the file, and upload it back to your device using iPhone Browser (just drag&drop the file).

Step 2 - “The iTunesDB rollback”

Using iPhoneBrowser, browse to [root]/var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes

Right click on the iTunesDB file, choose “Backup file” and the “Save As…”

Make a security backup of the iTunesDB file just in case something fucks up and open the file you saved with HxD (just drag&drop the file onto).

Change the value at offset 0x30 (hexa value; 48 in decimal) from 02 to 01 (simply change the value in the first column of line 4).

Save the file an upload it to your device using iPhone Browser (just drag&drop the file).

Shutdown the device and restart it.

Open CopyTrans Manager, you’re done! You can now start editing!

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